3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Black color with a nice tan head. Lots of chocolate int he aroma. Nice tan lacing. Flavor was nice smooth chocolate.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Nitro tap at pub. Black with reddish at the edges, creamy head. Faint chocolate aroma. Flavors of gentle chocolate, hint of coffee, very smooth. Perhaps a bit watery, but quite poundable. Especially at 3%.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught Very dark with red highlights; reddish-brown, tenacious head, lace. Burning wood, burnt grains and coffee nose, and a bit bready. Burnt/roasted grains, some restsweetness; bitterness is for the largest part due to the malts, IMO.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
This is a bone dry stout, but still quite easy to drink and tasty, with lots of raosted coffee, lots, and just a hint of creamy chocolate, but very much in the background.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On nitro at the brewery; pours black with golden highlights. This is a super-smooth low-gravity stout dominated by burnt-coffee (think Peets’ French roast) aromas and flavors. It’s dry all the way through, and quite light; I could certainly pound this stuff with pleasure.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Great robustness for an Irish stout, the nitrogen doesn’t really hinder the beer here like it does in many other nitro stouts. Nice adequate grainy base with a modest chocolate and slightly bitter espresso character. The Mouthfeel is slightly buttery with whisps of tangy bitterness. The nitro keeps everything smooth as can be and this beer satisfies the most scrutinizing Guiness drinker.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAY 1, 2003 Blacker than black. Tan head. Dry, to the point of being almost dusty palate, and subtle notes of coffee and dark chocolate. Finishes dry.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark brown with a thick light kahki head. Super coffee aroma with a touch of chocolate and "dustiness". Moderate body and carbonation. Flavor up fromt is a bit lacking, but a really nice semi-dry roasty finish.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 9/20
Thick and creamy with a coffee grind aroma. This beer looked a lot better than it tasted...frankly, I thought it was boring and unoriginal in the taste.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: APR 1, 2008 This beer has the perfect stout appearance--dark with a proportionate creamy head and a crisp coffee aroma. However, this beer dissappointed me with its bland coffee flavor followed by a weak burnt finish and a mouthfeel that registered as too light. My rerate of this brew (3-31) is not quite as harsh. Nice smooth velvety body with no off-flavors and mild-roast with slight burnt chocolate finish.
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